Ran up to my farm yesterday to check in on my dad. Since it was so beautiful out, I had to do some hiking for locating new dead elm trees and a bonus shed or two.
To my absolute shock, I was blown away on how many deer parts I found. I had commented on seeing a significant drop in the resident deer at our gun deer season. Well, now I see why. Everywhere I covered, found legs, vertebrae, skulls….nothing fresh. Very obvious the parts had been there for awhile.
Additionally no major trails used, no consistent bedding areas, very little to no shredded hair on what there is for trails…and didn’t see a deer all day.
I know our county had 10 reported cases of EHD. Hope that didn’t hit our place
